{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an3.127/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an3.127","id":"suttacentral_an3.127","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.127/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Then, late at night, the glorious godling Hatthaka, lighting up the entire Jeta\u2019s Grove, went up to the Buddha. Thinking, \u201cI will stand before the Buddha,\u201d he sank and melted down, and wasn\u2019t able to stay still. It\u2019s like when ghee or oil is poured on sand, it sinks and melts down, and can\u2019t remain stable. Then the Buddha said to Hatthaka, \u201cHatthaka, manifest a solid incarnation.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d replied Hatthaka. He manifested a solid incarnation, bowed to the Buddha, and stood to one side. The Buddha said to him, \u201cHatthaka, I wonder whether you still promulgate now the teachings that you promulgated when you were a human being?\u201d \u201cI still promulgate the teachings that I promulgated as a human being. And I also promulgate teachings that I didn\u2019t promulgate as a human being. Just as the Buddha these days lives crowded by monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen; by rulers and their chief ministers, and monastics of other religions and their disciples, so I live crowded by the godlings. The godlings come from far away, thinking, \u2018We\u2019ll hear the teaching in the presence of Hatthaka.\u2019 Sir, I passed away without getting enough of three things. What three? Seeing the Buddha; hearing the true teaching; and serving the Sa\u1e45gha. I passed away without getting enough of these three things. I could never get enough of seeing the Buddha, serving the Sa\u1e45gha, or hearing the teaching. Training in the higher ethics, loving to hear the true teaching, Hatthaka has gone to the Aviha realm without getting enough of these three things.\u201d","title":"With Hatthaka","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":273}